t even an overwhelmingly powerful and brutal regime like the Nazis. SchindlerÆs choices saved more Jews than were left in Poland. Thus, the film reminds us that despite the significant numbers of individuals who chose not to stand against the Nazis, even one individual doing so saved thousands of lives. As Itzhak tells Oskar at the end of the film, ôThere will be generations because of what youÆve doneö (Spielberg).
In Night and Fog, Resnais uses a variety of techniques to reinforce the fact that despite its universally condemned inhumanity, a future Holocaust is possible if individuals stand by and do nothing. When the film opens, the director craftily puts us in the position of a tourist. The title, Night and Fog, alludes to the Night and Fog Decree o
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